Man has too long forgotten that the earth was given to him for usufruct alone, not for consumption, still less for profligate… — George Perkins Marsh Copy Share Image
It all looks American because America, the country that invented mass capitalism and consumerism, got there first. the impact of mass capitalism… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
Modern man is alienated from himself, from his fellow men, and from nature. He has been transformed into a commodity, experiences his… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Consumer wants can have bizarre, frivolous, or even immoral origins, and an admirable case can still be made for a society that… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
The cultural propaganda embodied in two liquor advertisements, "Living well is the best revenge" and "Sip it with arrogance," have a curious,… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
“Once employed, the employed's friends are reduced to creatures that he only sees when he has a new problem, or, something new… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
They didn't need to be specifically South American or Latin American. Instead we discovered we were talking about human beings in general.… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
When I walk into a grocery store and look at all the products you can choose, I say, "My God!" No king… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The need of a constantly expanding market for its products chases the bourgeoisie over the entire surface of the globe. It must… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Most persons think that a state in order to be happy ought to be large; but even if they are right, they… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The reality is that our economy now consists of driving 250 million vehicles around the suburbs and malls and eating fried chicken.… — Joe Bageant Copy Share Image
What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie… — Sterling Hayden Copy Share Image
The individual is denuded of everything but appetites, desires, and tastes, wrenched from any context of human obligation or commitment. It is… — Jeremy Seabrook Copy Share Image
With breathtaking rapidity, we are destroying all that was lovely to look at and turning America into a prison house of the… — Eric Sevareid Copy Share Image
Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Turn… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Consumerism tells us that in order to be happy we must consume as many products and services as possible. If we feel… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Do not allow consumerism to dictate your spiritual practice. You need nothing more than your focused attention to gain enlightenment.” — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
“Your desire for unrestrained comfort is the oligarch's superpower. Cut yourself off from luxury, and you'll cut off the oligarchs from their… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The older I get, the more I realize that religion is not going to be easily marginalized by one of its wannabe… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
“I became one of those anonymous Americans who tries to keep his mind sharp and inquisitive while performing all the humiliating rituals… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
If you look back at a film like 'Dawn of the Dead' - You can either watch it as a straight-up genre… — Leigh Whannell Copy Share Image
[Capitalism is] that commercial system in which supply immediately answers to demand, and in which everybody seems to be thoroughly dissatisfied and… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The Master said, “A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely… — Confucius Copy Share Image
He who accepts his poverty unhurt I'd say is rich although he lacked a shirt. But truly poor are they who whine… — Geoffrey Chaucer Copy Share Image
Jail is just another micro-society. It just happens that here, the problems are far more out in the open, we don't live… — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
Consumerism has become a new religion, complete with its high priests at Which? and its fatwas against anyone with the temerity to… — Sean O'Grady Copy Share Image
The 'Dead' films allow me to talk about things that a drama, say, won't. 'Dawn Of The Dead,' which was set in… — George A. Romero Copy Share Image
“We have too quickly bought into the lie that we’ll be happier with more—and as a result, too often miss the joy… — Joshua Becker Copy Share Image
“To ameliorate & raise the standard of the workingmen to the bourgeois level, is perhaps to create a race of slaves content… — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
The Internet is disrupting every media industry...people can complain about that, but complaining is not a strategy. And Amazon is not happening… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
We Americans think we are pretty good! We want to build a house, we cut down some trees. We want to build… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
You have found that you were more secure before you accumulated so much. See what greed has imposed on you: You have… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“Life punishes those who have things in abundance by making them worry about petty things like: what to wear, or, which car… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Overconsumption is the mother of all environmental problems. For the first time in the history of capitalism, consumption itself has become controversial. — Kalle Lasn Copy Share Image
We are developing new types of destitutes-the automobileless, the yachtless, the Newportcottageless. The subtlest luxuries of today reaches very high in the… — Walter Weyl Copy Share Image
“The idea of minimalist budgeting, however, is not to divert the money traffic to other expenditures, but rather to allocate your money… — Tyler Logan Copy Share Image
It is not earthly riches which make us or our sons happy; for they must either be lost by us in our… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
My hope is that people will be repulsed by the character's complete lack of ethics and obsession with consumerism - that's what… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
Likewise, the world of action, of politics, is reduced to a conflict of views about how to keep the cycle of production… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
Do not let your "eye" be drawn by the false "beacon lamps" -of wealth, or position, or fame, or possessions. Be vigilant… — John of the Cross Copy Share Image
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